BJP planning show of strength in Delhi with allies: JP Nadda on Oppn meet in Bengaluru
With 26 Opposition parties holding a meeting in Bengaluru to strategise for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is also gearing up for a show of strength of party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with a meeting in Delhi on July 17. “They have no leaders, no intention. The base of this unity is hollow. This is group of ten years of corrupt governance. Under the leadership of PM Modi, we will again form the government in 2024. The NDA is for the benefit of the nation. Will have a meeting tomorrow over this,” said JP Nadda. A meeting of BJP-led NDA meeting will be held on July 18, the day opposition parties will hold their main conclave in Bengaluru. Apart from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the parties likely to attend NDA meeting include AIADMK, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde Group), NPP (National People's Party, Meghalaya), NDP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party), SKM (Sikkim Krantikari Morcha), JJP (Jannayak Janta Party), AJSU (All Jharkhand Students Union), RPI (Republican Party of India), MNF (Mizo National Front), TMC (Tamil Manila Congress), IPFT (Indigenous People's Front of Tripura), BPP (Bodo People's Party), PMK (Pattali Makkal Katchi), MGP (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party), Apna Dal, AGP (Asom Gana Parishad), Rashtriya Lok Jan Shakti Party, Nishad Party, UPPPL (United People's Party Liberal, Assam), AIRNC (All India NR Congress, Puducherry), Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt, Dhadial), Janasena (Pawan Kalyan), NCP (Nationalist Congress Party, Ajit Pawar), Lok Jan Shakti Party (Ram Vilas Paswan), HAM (Hindustani Awam Morcha), RLSP (Rashtriya Lok Samata Party), VIP (Vikassheel Insaan Party, Mukesh Sahni) and SBSAP (Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Om Prakash Rajbhar). The Opposition parties are seeking to come together against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Opposition parties held a meeting in Patna last month and have come together in Bengaluru for a two-day meeting to take forward their agenda for unity. The meetings of NDA and opposition parties are being held two days before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament.